Shifts in hmong culture: Competing medical frameworks

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-835

  Franzen Castle, Lisa ^a   Smith, Chery ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural silences; Hmong; Language contraction; Medicinal use; Shamans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880175012     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9659-6     Document Type: Article

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